At a recent Fountain Hills candidate forum, while addressing the upcoming shortfall Arizona will face, John Kavanagh arrogantly proclaimed, “Been there, done that.”

In his zeal to seem experienced and prepared, he instead revealed his responsibility, as House Appropriations Chair, for crafting year after year of budgets that seriously underfunded our needs… education, infrastructure, healthcare and, disgracefully, including keeping children safe.

His blatant disregard for voter-approved, mandated public education funding increases was deemed illegal, and the courts require payment to our schools now.

Been there, done that? No doubt, and now we all have to pay for his incompetence.

Let’s not reward him with a promotion to the LD23 State Senate, but send him home to collect his (third or fourth) retirement and do no more harm.

Vote for successful businesswoman Paula Pennypacker -- your moderate, intelligent choice.